Another D/Dart 275/273 question???

Odd, that Mopar offered the D-Dart with a 'Free-Flowing Intake'.

Not sure what they meant by that, as the intake manifold was the same that was on the regular 273/235 HP 'Commando'.

The Golden Commando's 'Goldfish' and Doug Patterson 'Brand-X' Barracuda
utilized a modified intake when they ran in 1965.

They took off the intake, and bored out the secondary to 1 11/16" by
using a Bridgeport Milling Machine.

And they switched over to a Carter AFB #3447 600 CFM, the carburetor
from the 1963 426 'Stage I' Max-Wedge, which had a 1 7/16" Primary and 1 11/16" Secondary.

This switch was permitted by the NHRA, as they listed that Carter AFB
as a replacement Stock Class Carburetor for the 273/235 HP.

The factory HP 273 intake is a open plenum intake but has individual holes
for each barrel of the carb. If you use any bigger carb the secondary butterflies won't open fully because of the smaller secondary holes. I put a 600 Edelbrock on my 273 and had the machine shop enlarge the secondary holes on the Bridgeport. I think the individual holes are supposed to increase torque. tmm